Spain is still reeling from the deadly impact of its worst flooding disaster in decades. At least 158 people are confirmed dead and dozens are missing.

Near Valencia, we saw more than a year's worth of rainfall in just eight hours on Wednesday, causing devastating flash-flooding.

Search and rescue operations are still ongoing for those missing. Rebuilding the damaged areas will take untold weeks or months, and for now, emergency crews are grappling with inaccessible areas that have been cut off by the damage.

Residents have described "nightmare" scenes, with one Valencia resident telling our reporter that all locals now "know someone who has died".

Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez warned residents in affected areas to "stay home", echoing an earlier statement from King Felipe VI who said the emergency is "not over".

More rain is expected to fall on Friday, posing risk of new flooding, since the ground is already saturated with water.

We'll be ending our live coverage shortly, but you can read more on this story across our website:

• 'Like a tsunami': Spaniards recount horror of deadly floods

• The weather conditions that caused devastating flash flooding in Spain
• In pictures: Devastating images from Spain's floods
• Latest news: Spain mourns as death toll soars past 150

Nicky Schiller
Reporting from Valencia

I've just walked back down through a devastated street in the La Torre in Valencia and you can see hundreds of people walking back and forth into the city for supplies.

One of the small local supermarkets has a queue outside.

Most people are carrying the bottled water that they have bought. I also saw a lot of bleach/disinfectant as most of the house have been inundated with water or mud.

Outside a church, city council workers are handing out food bags for local people who need to eat.

A lot of the criticism I had been hearing from residents is they felt the authorities hadn't done enough to help after the flooding.

Image source, EPA

The Valencian president has called on Spain's army to distribute aid and help with clearing the wreckage caused by the floods.

"The government informs me that tomorrow at 8 in the morning a first wave will join to work during the day," he writes in a post on X.

The army will also help co-ordinate flood relief operations, he adds.

Tom Finn
Visual Journalism Team

The scale of the destruction caused by the torrential rainfall in Spain can be hard to grasp.

We’ve looked at satellite imagery of a 7km (4.3-mile) stretch of residential neighbourhoods south of Valencia.

The area overlooks a lagoon surrounded by rice fields in the Albufera Natural Park and is prone to flooding.

But the extraordinary volume of rainwater that fell in such a short space of time burst the banks of the river Turia and flooded thousands of people’s homes.

So much sediment was carried out to sea by the river that it can be seen from space miles off Spain’s Mediterranean coast.

Nicky Schiller
Reporting from Valencia

I'm still in the La Torre area of Valencia, one of the worst hit areas of the city.

All around me are cars tossed into the road from the force of the flood water.

Locals don't have any power in this area, but are already starting to work together to try and clear up. I saw a group of young men with brooms sweeping muddy water from one business.

There is mud everywhere. We spoke to one local called Rosa who said she saw cars floating in the water and had not seen anything like it in this area.

But she also said the community was coming together seeing what others needed and trying to get it for them.

It is going to be weeks and months before this area of the city looks anything like it did before the floods.

The Visual Journalism Team
BBC News

We’re closely following the forecast of Spain’s state weather agency, AEMET, to get a sense of what lies in store for the next 24 hours.

Unfortunately, more heavy rain is predicted for the hardest-hit eastern Valencia region and other areas on the north-east coast, already devastated by yesterday’s tragedy.

A year’s worth of rain fell in eight hours in parts of Valencia on Tuesday, according to meteorologists and the storm that caused the intense downpours has been moving northeast.

The weather agency issued its highest level of alert for the province of Castellon where 180mm (7in) could fall and an amber alert for the city of Tarragona further north in the Catalonia region.

“The adverse weather continues! Beware!” AEMET posted on its X account.

Elizabeth Rizzini
Lead Weather Presenter

In our coverage of the Spanish flooding you may have heard the acronym DANA.

This is not a storm name, but stands for Depresión Aislada en Niveles Altos – literally a high altitude, isolated depression - a recurring type of storm often seen in the Iberian peninsula at this time of year.

It is sometimes known as a “gota fria” or “cold drop”.

Scientists are already attributing the devastating scenes to climate change. While DANAs aren’t unusual in the region, the Mediterranean has seen record-breaking warm waters this summer.

A warm atmosphere holds more moisture and so as the world continues to warm we can expect to see these sorts of events become more extreme.

Severe thunderstorms produce a lot of rain within a short space of time - as we saw in Chiva, in Valencia province, where a year’s worth of rain fell within eight hours earlier in the week.

When this rain falls intensely on parched, dry earth it cannot easily drain away, leading to run off, burst river banks and catastrophic flash flooding.

Let's bring you up to speed on what's been happening in Spain.

• In the last hour, it's been confirmed some 158 people are now known to have died after flash floods hit parts of Spain
• Valencia has been significantly impacted with widespread destruction to roads and railways, and 155 people recorded dead, the region's emergency coordination centre says
• Areas hit hard by the storm - including Valencia and parts of Barcelona - are experiencing power, phone coverage and internet outages
• Emergency teams are continuing to search for those missing and hundreds of soldiers have been deployed to Valencia
• The PM has urged people to "stay at home" as King Felipe warns the emergency is "not over"
• More rain is expected to fall on saturated ground on Friday, increasing the risk of more floods.

Yesterday we reported a British man had died in Malaga, after being rescued from the floods.

Today the Foreign Office confirmed it was "providing support" to the family of the un-named 71-year-old, who died after multiple cardiac arrests.

You can read the full story here.

We're now getting some new images which show a flood-hit area near Valencia from above.

The aerial images show destruction to roads, homes and railways.

Here are some of these photos:

Image source, Reuters

Image source, Reuters

Image source, Reuters

Image source, Reuters

BBC Weather

By Elizabeth Rizzini

It’s not just mainland Spain that has seen record-breaking rainfall.

October records were broken earlier in the week in the Balearics where as much as 174mm (6.85in) of rain fell on Monday.

Another 120mm (4.7in) could fall over the islands in just a few hours and the Spanish Met Service has issued amber warnings for rain and thunderstorms on Friday and Saturday across Mallorca and Menorca.

While this is less rain than before, it will be falling on already saturated ground and could cause more flash flooding.

And while the low pressure system responsible for the flooding is weakening, it remains more or less stagnant over Iberia and there are likely to be more intense downpours in the coming days.

Another area that could see further heavy thunderstorms with amber warnings issued is south-west Spain, around Cádiz.

Any UK visitors to the country are being advised to keep up to date with the weather warnings.

As we've just reported, the number of people killed by the floods in Spain has risen to 158.

The vast majority of these deaths - 155 people - were recorded in Valencia, the region's emergency coordination centre said on X, external.

"The process of collecting and identifying victims continues", the centre said.

Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez visited the centre earlier this morning.

We have received an update on the number of people killed by severe flooding in Spain.

Authorities in Valencia now say that at least 155 people in the region have died.

With two more deaths in Castilla-La Mancha and one in Andalusia, that brings the number of deaths so far to 158.

Image source, Policía Nacional/X

Spanish police arrested 39 people overnight as part of a crime prevention operation in commercial parts of flood-hit areas.

The police say they recovered a number of stolen items, some of which are pictured below.

Image source, Policía Nacional/X

Some 140 people are now known to have died in Spain due to flash-flooding in the region, according to the country's Efe news agency, which quotes government sources.

The agency did not provide further information, although authorities in Valencia region earlier reported that the death toll had surpassed 100.

It marks a significant jump from the 95 deaths confirmed yesterday, and we're working to find out more. We'll bring you that once we have it.

Image source, Getty Images

Flash flooding that ripped through parts of eastern Spain has destroyed buildings and infrastructure, sweeping away cars and piling debris high in the streets.

Dozens of people have died and more are feared trapped or missing under the rubble.

The BBC's Visual Journalism Team have collected photos that show the scale of the destruction in Valencia and the rescue efforts that are under way to save those stranded.

Take a look at the entire photo essay.

Bethany Bell
Reporting from Valencia

Here in Paiporta, Valencia, where dozens of people were killed in the flash floods, shops, homes and businesses are devastated.

In one street I see undertakers recover a dead body.

Standing outside the wreckage of his chemist shop, pharmacist Miguel Guerrilla tells me: "We all know someone who has died."

"It’s a nightmare," he says.

Volunteers have arrived to help with the clean-up but it’s grim work. As I walk through the village, a funeral services van arrives to retrieve another body.

A top-flight football match between Valencia and Real Madrid scheduled for Saturday has been postponed by the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF).

Every weekend match in the Valencia region is postponed as the region grapples with the aftermath of the flooding. This also includes another top-flight match, a clash between Villarreal - based in Castellon province - and Rayo Vallecano.

RFEF received a request from La Liga and its clubs to push back all of the area's matches in the league's professional divisions. All non-professional matches have also been recommended for postponement.

• La Liga matches set to be postponed after flash floods

Residents have been talking about the unexpected floods that hit La Torre in Valencia. The neighbourhood has seen a huge amount of damage from the floods.

Satellite images released by the European Space Agency (ESA) show the extent of the impact of heavy rain and flash-flooding in the Valencia region of Spain.

The first image was taken on 8 October, and the second just yesterday.

The images, taken by the US Landsat-8 satellite, external, "vividly illustrate the scale of the disaster," the ESA says, and the "dramatic transformation of the landscape".

Image source, USGS, processed by ESA